Post by DM Onesie Knight on Jun 2, 2019 21:53:40 GMT
I just got done listening to this one, and naturally I've got a lot of thoughts bouncing around my brain. Who's got some good Noir character and story ideas?
First off, I'm glad Eberron was mentioned, 'cause that's my favorite D&D setting, hands down. The way the world feels so modern is perfect; magic replaces technology, and the rest is very familiar and gritty. I built a very Noir-esque character for the setting once. I present to you Gavel, warforged fighter and former Sharn city guard. After the great war, he wandered from city to city until he found his way into the guard, where the regimented lifestyle was his lifeline in the postwar and post-freedom turmoil. There he came to specialize as a mage hunter, tracking down necromancers and other magic-using criminals. Unfortunately, he was naive and enforced the law to the letter, expecting that the whole world was as logical and ordered as the army. He arrested the wrong noble and was nearly executed under false pretenses. Thanks to some strings pulled by the captain of the guard, he was merely expelled. Now, he is coming to accept that he cannot rely on leadership and direction and is trying to make his own life as an adventurer for hire.
I also thought it might be fun to play a street thug type of character. The muscle. The enforcer. So I thought of Yakob Briggs, aka Kneecap, aka Briggsy. He'd be good as a half-orc, or even a hobgoblin if we're still talking Eberron. Skilled at intimidation and tough as nails, he's delivered a lot of "messages" on behalf of the crime lords, if you know what I mean. Eventually, there was just one too many screaming, begging ghosts haunting his dreams, so he abandoned his ties to the crime syndicates and has gone vigilante.
One more: haven't thought of a name, but a bard/rogue type of character who's a thief, fence, smuggler, and conman. Someone who grew up as a starving street urchin and who is consumed by the white-hot desire to get as far away from squalor and the low life as he possibly can. Avaricious to the core, pay comes before anything else, and he needs a lot of it because he's got expensive taste. When he's not at "work," he spends his gold prodigiously, peacocking in the latest fashions and shiniest jewelry while drinking from the top shelf and eating like a king.
So what do you guys think? Did this episode inspire you in any other ways?
First off, I'm glad Eberron was mentioned, 'cause that's my favorite D&D setting, hands down. The way the world feels so modern is perfect; magic replaces technology, and the rest is very familiar and gritty. I built a very Noir-esque character for the setting once. I present to you Gavel, warforged fighter and former Sharn city guard. After the great war, he wandered from city to city until he found his way into the guard, where the regimented lifestyle was his lifeline in the postwar and post-freedom turmoil. There he came to specialize as a mage hunter, tracking down necromancers and other magic-using criminals. Unfortunately, he was naive and enforced the law to the letter, expecting that the whole world was as logical and ordered as the army. He arrested the wrong noble and was nearly executed under false pretenses. Thanks to some strings pulled by the captain of the guard, he was merely expelled. Now, he is coming to accept that he cannot rely on leadership and direction and is trying to make his own life as an adventurer for hire.
I also thought it might be fun to play a street thug type of character. The muscle. The enforcer. So I thought of Yakob Briggs, aka Kneecap, aka Briggsy. He'd be good as a half-orc, or even a hobgoblin if we're still talking Eberron. Skilled at intimidation and tough as nails, he's delivered a lot of "messages" on behalf of the crime lords, if you know what I mean. Eventually, there was just one too many screaming, begging ghosts haunting his dreams, so he abandoned his ties to the crime syndicates and has gone vigilante.
One more: haven't thought of a name, but a bard/rogue type of character who's a thief, fence, smuggler, and conman. Someone who grew up as a starving street urchin and who is consumed by the white-hot desire to get as far away from squalor and the low life as he possibly can. Avaricious to the core, pay comes before anything else, and he needs a lot of it because he's got expensive taste. When he's not at "work," he spends his gold prodigiously, peacocking in the latest fashions and shiniest jewelry while drinking from the top shelf and eating like a king.
So what do you guys think? Did this episode inspire you in any other ways?